both用作形容詞時，作“兩個”翻譯，只用作定語，是前位限定詞，常與復數名詞連用。both用作代詞時可作主語、賓語和同位語。both作副詞時主要和and連用構成關聯(lián)連詞，意思是“……和……都”。作連接詞時，意為既、和、且等。相關例句：The prospects both excited and worried me.這前景即使我激動又令我憂慮。We like Amy and Phil both.艾米和菲爾兩個我們都喜歡。Why not buy both？為什么不把兩件都買下？Both his eyes were seriously burned.他的雙眼都嚴重燒傷了。

簡明釋義

both：英[b？θ]；美[bo？θ]

det.兩者，雙方

adj.兩.（都），兩個.（都）

pron.兩個

conj.不僅.而且.和.都，既.又.

adv.在兩方面同樣地

用法

both是指兩者怎么樣，其用法有兩種，它可以和名詞、代詞連用，也可以和動詞連用，在句中作主語、賓語及同位語，也可作定語both當形容詞的時候，有：both of the boys=both boys=both the boys（兩個男孩都.）。接代詞的時候是：both of us=we both（我們都.）。當both做副詞的時候，放在Be動詞，助動詞，情態(tài)動詞之后，行為動詞之前比如說：We both like English.We can both sing.

另外，both也構成短語both.and.（.和.都）比如：Both Tom and Tina like English.（Tom和Tina都喜歡英語）切記這里的謂語動詞必須用復數形式。

雙語例句

1、Auras can be seen physically,or sensed psychically,or both.

從身體上能夠看見光環(huán)，或從心理上感覺到它，或者二者都可以

2、Penny dreadfuls and shilling shockers are genres4 similar to the dime novel,which both refer to inexpensive novels of violent adventure or crime that was especially popular in mid-to-late Victorian England.

Penny dreadful和shilling shocker都與dime novel有類似的意思，二者都指那些維多利亞統(tǒng)指的后后期社會上廣為流傳的那些內容包含暴力和犯罪的廉價小說。

3、The data is limited in terms of both quality and quantity.

這份資料在質量和數量上都很有限。

4、They were both only 20 years of age.

他們兩人都只有20歲。

5、They both had some right on their side.

他們雙方都有一定的道理。

6、They both said much the same thing.

他們兩人的話大致一樣。

7、A free trade agreement would be advantageous to both countries.

自由貿易協(xié)定對兩國都會有利。

8、John was present at the birth of both his children.

約翰的兩個孩子出生時他均在場。

9、We're both going after the same job.

我們倆都在謀求同一份工作。

10、Both her children still live at home.

她的兩個孩子仍住在家里。

11、They're both beautiful─I can't make up my mind.

兩個都很漂亮——我難以決定。

12、Both their children are at university.

他們的兩個孩子都在上大學。

13、Please write in pen on both sides of the paper.

請用自來水筆在紙的正反兩面書寫。

14、Both methods rely on the accurate determination of the pressure of the gas.

兩種方法都依賴于對氣體壓力的準確測定。

15、The play is being cast in both the US and Britain.

目前正在英美兩國挑選這部戲的演員。

16、Output consists of both exports and sales on the domestic market.

產量包括出口和國內市場銷售兩部分。

17、We went on a cruise,a first for both of us.

我倆都是平生第一次去海上旅游。

18、The benefits of conservation are both financial and aesthetic.

保護自然環(huán)境在經濟上和美化環(huán)境上都有好處。

19、The product is sold both at home and overseas.

這個產品行銷國內外。

20、Both sides met in order to try to resolve their differences.

雙方會晤以努力解決分歧。